Hello all, Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah County's newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for centuries and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, nearly a hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has fallen a victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward McInturff, John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The tree was hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the war, when Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post Office. There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant beaux in the Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in the inner recesses of this faithful sentinel." Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear every day, to be sure. If you are watching the website, I have been updating some pictures and adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project is now complete. Don Silvius coordinator Shenandoah County GenWeb Project

Don, Thank you for sharing this sort of information. I'm never sure what we're allowed to share on this site, so I never want to offend, but I do love reading local history and stories. Pat Shelton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Silvius" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: [VASHENAN] The old oak tree on River Road, Woodstock > Hello all, > > Reading through "Pages from newspapers past" from one of Shenandoah > County's > newspapers I found the following from Feb. 15, 1906... > > > "The old oak tree on the river road, which has been standing for centuries > and has been one of the corners of the town since Jacob Miller, nearly a > hundred and fifty years ago divided two farms into town lots, has fallen a > victim to the axemen's touch. On last Tuesday, Messrs. Edward McInturff, > John Cooley and Jos. Smoots cut down this grand old relic. The tree was > hollow and there was danger of its being blown down. During the war, when > Woodstock was in the possession of the enemy, it was used as a Post > Office. > There fair maidens deposited letters intended for their gallant beaux in > the > Confederate army, and in turn received tender missives placed in the inner > recesses of this faithful sentinel." > > > Thought this was interesting and amusing - NOT a story you hear every day, > to be sure. > > If you are watching the website, I have been updating some pictures and > adding bits of data that has been sent to me. My book project is now > complete. > > Don Silvius > coordinator > Shenandoah County GenWeb Project > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >